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VOL. 4.
U. S. NAVAL SAILORS
FIRED ON BY RUSSIANS;
AMERICAN WOUNDED
ASIATIC FLEET HEAD ASKED TO
INVESTIGATE REPORTE
Washington, Feb. 12.—Secretary
Daniels cabled teday to Admiral
Strauss, commanding the Asiatic
Fleet, *to investigate the reports
that five American naval sailors
were fired upon in Vladivostok,
preumably by Russian officers, and
one of them wounded.
CHICAGO CHIEF
SAYS 500 POLICE
MUST ].%E FIRED
Chicago, Feb. 12.—The cajftains of
every police department in the city
were summoned to appear today bz
fore Chief Fitzmorris to receive in
structions that they must dis(:f:v_or
and report the five hundred loafers in
the police department whom the
chief has announced he will dismiss.
The chief said his thre'> months as
head of the department had convinced
him that out of the fifty one hundred
on the ferces, there were five hundred
who wont work. “Let them tie on
their hats for they are going on a
rough ride,” he declared.
GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER
TEMPERATURE IS NORMAL
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Whshington, Feb. 12.—Generally fair
weather with temperature near or
above normal is predicted for the South
Atlantic states the coming week.
AVIATOR KILLED
Pensacola, 17eb. 11.—M@achinists’
Mate M. Phelps, of Pelham, Ga., who
‘was injjured wehn a seaplane in which
he was flying crashed into a telephone
pole at the naval air station, cight
mileg from here today, died-at the na
vnl;{)“’" hospital tonight. Chief Ma
chinist W. P. (Conway, who was in the
plane with Phelps, suffered cuts and
bruises but is expected to recover.
The United Kingdom is facing a
house chortage ¢ 1.000,000. ;
Orange
R e e
We bottle and distri
bute ithe original
Orange Crush through
out Cordele trade ter
ritory.
You get the product
of an up to date,
clean plant. Buy it
with the satisfaction
of knowing you have
a pure fresh drink.
CORDELE COCA
" (OLA BOTTLING
COMPANY
. CORDELE, GEORGIA.
THE CORDELE DISPA'TCH
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
! FAVORABLE REPORT
ON AVAILABLE COTTON
Washington, Feb. 12— The re:
olution of Senator Simith of
South Carolina for an investiga
tion by the senate agriculture
committee into the question of
available cotton and wheat sup
pling suill on hand, was reported
favorably today by the senate
expenditures committee.
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GERMANS SEEK 10
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STOP AMERICAN
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~ TARIFF CHARGES
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?\VTLL SUBMIT INFORMATION COV
| ERING GENERAL INDUSTRIES
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| Berlin, Feb. 12— R(‘pr(pwut:lii\'i's of
the German export manufacturers at a
;.l:m'lill;.‘; here today voted to memorial-
Jize American governmental bodies deal
ing with tariff matters, setting forti
}im-s(;nt conditions among German
workingmen and industrics and sup
plying all available data on German
fproduction.
This documentary matter is intena
ml.:ns argument that there’s no pur
pose to dump cheap Geiman wares on
the Amerieard market, also that it will
be impossible for Germany to do so.
Committees were named to colleet data
from every important export industry
for submission to Americaa.
NOT SEEK TYPHUS
NEW MEHODS IN NEW YORK TO
STOP SPREAD OF EPIDEMIC
Washington, Feb. 12.—New methods
to safeguard the people of the United
States from Burope’s typhus epidemie
are under consideration by the feder
al cauthorities.
Confidence was expressed, however,
ihat the more than 35 cases fmnul‘
among the passengers aboard the steam |
ships arriving at New York would not{
result in a sperad of the dread discase
to the United States. A ban on ‘the
admission of immigrantg from the ty
phus: infected districts of Europe was’
not regarded as warranted in view of
{he precautions taken an dcontemplat
ed.
TIME LIMIT OUT AND OFFICIALS
ARE INACTIVE
Buffalo, Feb. 12.—Lord Mayor o’Cal-
Jaghan of Cork was said by friends
to have left for New York this morn
ing. His sepaking tour was tempora
rily abandoned and future plans will
depend on the adviee of his lawyers.
The chief of the immigration depart
ment in this distriet said he had no or-
Jers from Whshington to arrest o’Cal
laghan for his failure to leave the
country within the time limit.
No Information
Washingtcn, Feb., 12.—Labor de
partment officials said today that thev
had no official information as to
whether Lord Mayor O’Callaghan hal
left the United States yesterday as
was ordered by Secretary Wilson.
PROTIIBITION MAN
IS FREED AFTER
THIRD JURY TRIAL
Manassas, Va., Feb. 12.—William K.
Hall, state prohibition iaspeector, was
freed by the court here today after
a third disagreement by the jury in
his case growing out of the killing of
Lawrence Hnllsnw alleged whiskey run.
ner, at Fishers Hill in March, 1919,
RIVERS AND HARBORS
BILL REPORTED TO SENATE
Washington, Feb, 12.—The house
rivers and harbors bill, carrying the
sum of fifteen million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, was reported
favorable today to the senate without
amendment by the commerce commit
tee,
CORDELE, GEORGIA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1921.
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~ WITH HARDING
‘ ; MES dHINEARTRAN
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| CHICAGO BANKER SEES FRESI
DENT-ELECT AT ST. AUGUSTINE
St. Augustine, Feb. 12.—Charles G,
Dawes, Chizcago banker, preminently
!nml(‘r consideration for the secretarv
| ¢hip of the treasury, headed Harling';
appointment Jist for today. It was
gaid at Tlarding's headquarters that
the call was net the result of a formal
appointmment made at Harding’s 1e:
quest.
Dawes s in Florida to visit relatives
having come divec'ly {rom Washing
ton where he created a sensation last
week by publicly condemning methods
‘uf the republican majority in congress
in jts investigation of the war. Re
lg:'ulin;_' hig course in that regard Hard
ing and efficials clese to him have had
lnu!hing to say.
| Others with whom Harding had
3(-llg:l;,vunvnis today included Henry A.
i\‘.'isv\\'mul. of New York, interested
in aviation projects and a committee
of the Jacksonville ¢hamber of com
merce who eame with an invitation for
the president-elect to visit that eity.
PASSENGER TRAIN
ONE KILLED AT CORK RAILROAD
g STATION.
Cork, Feb. 12.—One soldier was
killed and a nuumber injured today in
an attack on @ passenger train out
side the Mill street station by a hun
dred armed men. The aitackers fireq
cn cars whiceh contained thirty sol
diers from both sides of the lin'e.
COMMERCE COMMISSION DE
MANDS LEVEL OF INTERSTATE
RATES.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Pass2nger
fares, excess baggage, switching anid
other state charges in North Carclina
vere ordered today by the Interstate
Commission to Le raised to the level
of Interstate rates, effective March 21
“IX MEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AT
DEMOCRATIC WARD HEAD
QUARTERS
Chicago, Feb. 12.—A bomb explosion
at the nineteenth ward democratic
Leadquarters last night which serious
v injured six men, was attributed to
polities today by Anthony D’Andrea,
indidate for city council from that
ward, who had a norrow escape him
| self.
Alderman Johnny Powers, who for
35 vears has represented the ward in
¢ty council and state senate, amwd is
+ candidate for reclection, said he hop
¢t no one would believe he would
“tcontenanee’’ such an action by his
‘ollowers; that he had agreed with
Andrea last Saturday to conduct a
.can eut eampaign.
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- ALASKA DEMOCRAT
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‘OLD THAT GRIGSBY WAS NOT
ENTITLED TO HOUSE SEAT.
Washington, Feh. 12.—George B.
irigsby, democratic delegate from
Alaska, was not entitled to his seat
in the house; the elections committae
‘eported today after a long investiga
ion,
The committee held that James
Vickersham, republican, had been du
iy elected to serve in the present con
rress which expires March 4th,
TLANTA COAL DEALERS
SMELL SPRING A-COMING
Atlanta, Feb. 12.—A reduction of a
lollar and seventy fivie cents a ton
for the best gradeg of lump coal was
announced by retail dealers here to
day, making the price nine seventy
five a ton,
AND DAILY SENTINEL
TURN YOUR BACK
ON THIS MEETING
The Ku Klux Klan is knock
ing at the dcors cf this splen
did, normally law-abiding com
munity and l‘vl()llizly night nuin
bers of citizens have been invi
ted to attend a meeting at the
county court house to organize
Those who attend must first
sign an oath tha: they will nev
or divulge anything that trams
pires at this meeting., Cordele
and Crisp county have their es
tablished ccurts and institvtiong
for enforcing the law. Taey
have no immediate dangers
thieatening “their women or
their own honcr or personal
safety. They dc not need a
night riding organization to help
them prctect these and their
homes—and in the meantime to
turn over into th hands of ir
respensible persons. And this
is a community which still hon
ors its heroes of the Confeder
acy. The Ku Klux Klan they
used in the days of the recon
structio is a tradition—a sa
cred tradition—toc sacied to be
dragged out and made the cen
ter around which revolves 2
commercialized mnotion for a
modern day secret order. That
order has np mcre right to that
name than it has to the flag of
The Lost Cause,
If you would keep these tradi
ditions sacred for the men who
were our heroes, stay out of that
meeting.
INSURANCE FRAUDS
FULTON GRAND JURY INDICTS
THREE IN CONNECTIONS.
- Atlanta, Feb. 12.—As a result of the
investigation of alleged frauds in con
nection with the collection of health
insurance, the grand jury today indic
ted Dr. I. S. Tyson and two negrces,
E. L. Gore and John Banks, represen
tatives of insurance companies.
Recently the companies complaineil
to th'e solicitor general of more than
six hundred thousand dollars "faid out
last year on fraudulent certifictes
purporting to show that policy helders
were incapacitated by illness.
CORDELE COTTON MARKET
No market today—Holiday.
Seasonable
G d . . '
PLANT
Seed Irish Potatoes
(‘abbage Plants
Bermuda Onions
(Crystal Wax)
Dent Corn
White and Yellow
Turnips, Mustard,
Tomatoes, Lettuce,
Ete. All These at
STEAD’S
WHIPPLE & McKENZIE BLDG
PHONE 1 A. M. STEAD, Prop.
CRAFT TO BOMB
NAVAL VESSELS
RESOLUTIONS PROVIDE THAT
VESSELS BE TURNED OVER
FOR ACTUAL TESTS.
Washington, Feb., 12.—Resolutions
proposing the actual bombing of na
val vessels by aiceraft. were introduc
ed today by Senator New and Repre:
.‘;(‘,Xlt'.l.l.iV(‘ Anthony. They direct the
Secretary of the Navy to turn over to
tho army air service one obselete bat
tleship and two obsclete destroyers
and two auxiliary ships for experimen
tal bombing.
The resolutions said the future 7§l
icy of development of aircraft and
sea craft might be changed as a re
sult of the proposed experiment.
PUBLIC PROGRAM
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METHODIST CHURCH
MUSICAL NUMBERS ANDL ou™.rß
FEATURES BY LOCAL TALENT
ON EVENING OF FEB. 24.
A public program will be given in
the Sunday school rooms at the
Methodist church on the evening of
February 24, by hcme talent.
The program will be in charge of
th'e Wesley Bible (Class and will con
sist of musical numbers and other
interesting features in which the best
local talent will participate. Mem
bers of the class have already begun
plans to make this program one of
the most enjoyable and largely attend
ed cf any similar occasion in manv
months.
There will be no admission charged
but those who attend will be given an
opportunity to contribute any amount
they may desire, which will be used
in furtherance of several worthy un
dertakings.
~ HELD HERE TODAY
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MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL J. C. WIL
SON ARGUED BEFORE JUDGE
GOWER
Motion for a new trial in the case
of J. Chester Wlilson, convieted and
under sentence to hang for the mur
der of R. E. Sappington at Seville dur
ing the latter part of the past year,
was heard before Judge O, T. Gower of
the superior court in ehambers at Cor
dele today. With a strong array of
conusel appearing for either side, the
hearing was ecalled at 10 o’cloek and
consumed practically the entire day in
the presentation of evidence and ar
gument on both sides. M. B. Cannon
and Hal Lawson, of Abbeville, and W,
G. McClellan, of Macon, constitutes
counsel for the defense, while Solicitor
J. B. Wall has associated with him as
state’s connsel;, Judge John P. Ross,
of Macon, and Watts Powell of Vien
nia.
* The motion for new trial for Wilson
is based on alleged irregularities in
the conduct of the trial jury before
wiich the defendant was convicted.
These allegations met with strong re
buttal by the state in the hearing to
day.
It is probable that Judge Gower will
take the case under advisement before
rendering his decision.
COAL STRIKE CAUSES EFFORT
TO OUST CONCILIATOR
* ———
Washington, Feb. 12,—A telegram
from Gov. Kilby of Alabama, asking
the removal of William C. Liller, la
bor department conciiator in the Ala
bama coal strike, on the grounds of
bias, was I'eceived today at the Whit¢
House and referred to Secretary Wil
SOl.
Liller is now in Washington and
conferred today with the labor depart
ment officials.
NO BRANCH OF RESERVE |
BANK IN CAROLINA
Richmond, Febh, 12.—The. establish- i
ment of a braneh of the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank at some point in‘
North or South Carolina will not bhe
undertaken at this time, it was :111-’
nounced today following a meeting of
the hoard of directors. ]
ESTABLISHED IN 1908
HARDING PLANS
TO HAVE ADDRESS
HEARD BY WIRELESS
Washington, l~‘«;~h. 12.—Harding's
inaugural address may be heard from
Washington through the wonders of
wireless. Harding is considering a
plan to have his address recorded on
talking ‘machine records and then
transmitted by radiophone from naval
wireless staticns here the night of
March Fourth,
Thosands of amateur operators in
the east and middle west are equipped
to receive it. It is being proposed
such amateurs organize parties for
hearing the address.
MINISTER DECLARES NOT GOING
LONDON TO BE DICTATED TO.
Berlin, Feb, 12.—Germany is not go
ing to the London reparations confer
ence to be dictated to, Minister of Fi
nance Wirth declared in a speech to
the Bremen Chamber of Commerce.
The great economic questions could
not be solvied that way, the added.
“We are prepared tc accomplish all
we can because we feel under moral
obligations to assist in the reconstruc
tion and we'll make reparation pro
posals 'of our own in IL.cndon.
“Newspaper repprts on this subject
are incorrect. Our offer will not be
a small one. The nations must
learn to realize that what we offler can
not be extracted from national wealth,
but must be produced by work, and
this raised a question as to whether
in these circumstances all the fruits
of revolution can be safeguarded. The
work will have to be organized on a
great scale and what we offer must be
made good.” Wirth declared.
FIRED. RAN AWAY
HIEARING OF TESTIMONY IN MAT
EWAN MURDERS IS TAKEN UP
Williamson, W. Va., Feb. 12.—John
MeDowell, employe of the Baldwin
Felts ‘Ageney, present at the Matewan
hattle last May, wag the first witness
to be called by the prosecution when
court convened today. He testified
that the first shot of the battle which
resplted in the death of ten men, came
from the doorway of a hardware store.
He stated that Reece Chambers, one
of the uefendants, was the only per
son he saw do any shooting, hecause
after the firing of several shots him
«:lf he retreated from the scene.
May Chafin and Elsie Chambers,
telephon'e cperators, both testified
they overheard a conversation be
tween Sid Hatfield, deputy sheriff,
and Tony Webb, in which Hatfiel?
asked when warrants could be obtain
ed for the Baldwin Felts men and
threatening to kill the detectives be
fore they left Matewan.
MISSISSIPPI COURT PUTS ANTI
TRUST FUND IN COURT
Jackson, Feh. 12.—Funds of all fire
dinsurance companies involved in sthe
billion dollar anti-trust suit brought by
he revenue agent of Missigsippi today
were placed in a receivership by Chan
ellor Strickner in Hinds county Chan
01y court,
JOMMUNISTS CLASH IS
CAUSE OF TWO DEATHS
London, Feb. 12.—Two were killed
and fifteen were wounded yesterday
in a conflict between communists and
cxtra-nationalists at the naval ship
vards at Monfalcon, Italy, says a
Rome dispatch to the Central News,
which quotes a report to poca,
CENTRAL AUTHORIZED
T 0 ISSUE EQUIPMENT BONDS
Washington, Feb. 12.—The Central
f Georgia Railway today was author
ized by the Interstate Commission to
execnute an equipment trust agreement
and assume an gbligation as a guaran
tor by the endorsement of six hundred
and fifty thousand of equi‘l‘ment trust
cortificates to he issuned,
THIS NEWSPAPER
Devoted to good Farming
and Industrial Development
for over 100,000 people,
FARMER-LABOR
SEEK CLOSER RELATIONS BE.
TWEEN FARMER AND CITY
BUYER.
Cleveland, KFeb, 12.—The all4Amer
ican co-operative commission was giv
en a new program ‘for the year at the
co-operative congress of farmer-labor
organizations which closed a thres
day conventicn here today.
The program calls for the establish
ment of exchange service to bring
farmer producers and city consumers
together for dinect marketing. It
suggests that labor unions in the cit
jes, and farm organizations invite
cach other into their meetings to dis
cuss co-operative marketing.
The principle of collective bargain
ing, “for farmers and labor alike” was
endorsed and the open shop campaign
denounced. Resolutions were adopted
favering legislation to control tha
meat packing industry and restore the
railroads to unified government oper
ation and the reduction of freight and
passenger rates to what they wers
when the roads were returned to Tfi
vate ownership.,
TWO WOMEN AND TWO
CHILDREN PERISH
| IN MEMPHIS FIRE
i Memphis, Feb. 12,—Four persons,
‘ two of them women and two children,
were burned to death in a fire which
‘(lustroyed the upper floor of a two
' story building on Pontotoc avenu®
here today.
MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILED
~ FOR JOHN PURROY MITCHELL
New York, Feb. 12.—The unveiling
of a memorial tablet to Major John
Purroy Mitchell, former mayor of
New York, who was killed when his
airplane fell at Gerstner Field, Louisi:
lnlm, July 6, 1918, was inc¢luded Iwy the
Columbia University alumni day ex
‘ ercises here today.
THIEVES SEIZED
BANK SAFE WITH
CASH AND ESCAPE
Toledo, Feb. 12.—Thieves broke in
to the bank of Temperance, Mich, a
few miles north of hereé early todav
and loaded a heavy safe containin
‘ cleven thousand dollars into a waltln?
truck and made their getaway. ‘
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of your earnings.
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